Category: F-35

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Decision to base F-35s in Madison ignores public health concerns

May 1, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Bruce Barrett and Paula Rogge, Cap Times Today we are dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. Our federal, state and local government officials have been working hard to contain the…

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Superfund will not protect our waterways — or us — from the military’s toxic pollution

March 11, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Maria Powell, Cap Times op-ed Photo above: Starkweather Creek going through Truax Field The final environmental impact statement (EIS) on basing F-35 fighter jets at Madison’s Truax Field states that…

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MEJO Executive Director on PFAS and F-35s at Madison Truax Field

March 4, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Video by Bob Mincberg.

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The Final F-35 EIS is a total sham

February 23, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The public comment process for the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for basing F-35s at Madison’s Truax Air National Guard base was not only token—it was a total sham. According…

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Rep. Chris Taylor, 9 local officials: Strong community opposition needed to avoid harms of F-35s

September 18, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Protest at Air National Guard F-35 meeting, Sept. 12 2019 (Michelle Stocker). ***** The Cap Times By State Representative Chris Taylor and nine local elected officials We are honored…

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Support the Madison City Council Resolution to oppose the F-35s at Truax

September 16, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Tuesday, Sept. 17 the City Council will be considering Madison City Council resolution opposing F-35s Truax File # 57364v2. Write the Mayor and allalders@cityofmadison.com in support of this resolution! More…

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Truax Apartment residents on F-35s

September 14, 2019 Jim Powell

On Saturday, September 14, Maria Powell (MEJO’s Executive Director) went door-to-door talking to Truax Apartments residents about what they think of the current F-16 fighter jet noise at the Truax…

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MEJO’s Touyeng Xiong, Truax Apartment resident, testifies against proposed F-35s

September 13, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Touyeng Xiong, MEJO’s Vice President, testifying before the Sept. 12, 2019 U.S. Air Force meeting about the proposed F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field. Here is his testimony: I have…

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Draft F35 report highlights noise impacts to marginalized communities, but dismisses risks from toxic chemicals, jet crashes, and more

August 3, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Recent news in the Wisconsin State Journal, Cap Times, and on Channel 3000 highlighted a key finding of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) just released on the proposed F35…

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Truax ANG to weaponize base ahead of F-35 deployment

April 24, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Public engagement tokenized, environmental justice ignored According to an April 2019 Draft Environmental Assessment (EA), Truax Air National Guard is planning major demolition, construction, and renovation projects from 2020-2027 at…

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Discarded deadlines let polluted plume from military base spread unchecked

February 23, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Last spring, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warned Truax Air National Guard base in Madison it could face enforcement action if it didn’t…

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Are we spiritually dead? What would Martin Luther King Jr. say?

January 21, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“Giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism” dominate even in liberal Madison “I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we…

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Madison Alders Submit Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for F35s at Truax Field

May 23, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

At the invitation of the National Guard Bureau, a group of Madison alders submitted requested comments on May 21 for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) about the proposal to…

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City Council Approves Resolution to Submit Comments for F35 EIS Process

April 19, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

From Brenda Konkel’s April 18 Forward Lookout blog: “The Chamber of Commerce was just one vote away from from preventing the City of Madison from giving input on about the…

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Send Comments on Environmental Justice Impacts of F-35s to Air National Guard by this Friday, April 6!

April 4, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Martin Luther King Jr. on balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis TN just before he was assassinated on April 4, 1968 (AP photo). Today is the 50th anniversary of Martin…